Skewer-step for creels.



A. H. MORTON. SKEWER STEP FOR OEBELS.

APPLICATION FILED HD1126, 1912. 7

1,101,875, Patented-June 30,-191'L g I \f (f COLUIIIA WM min-Inn.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. MORTON, OIE LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKEWER-STEP FOR OREELS.

To all whom it may con 367% Be it known that I, ALBERT H. MORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skewer-Steps for Creels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to an improvement in skewer steps for creels.

The object of the invention is to produce an improved step for the skewers carrying bobbins in creels, and more particularly a step adapted for use in creels havingsheet metal boards.

The invention consists in the skewer step hereinafter described and particularly defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred form of the invention, Figure 1 is aplan of the step-retaining means; Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical section thereof; and Fig. 3 a similar section of the complete skewer step in position in the board.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is described as follows: The creel board 1 is made of sheet metal, preferably sheet steel, provided with porcelain skewer steps 2 which consist of a step proper having upon its upper side a skewer-receiving concavity 3 upon which the skewer is stepped. The step 2 is circular in plan and has upon its lower end an enlarged flange 4: which engages the under surface of the board 1, the main body of the step penetrating circular hole punched in the board 1. This flange 4: positions the step in the creel board 1 with the upper end of the step projectlng slightly above the upper surface of the creel board. These creel boards are painted and it is desirable that the step should project slightly above the surface of the board so as to provide an edge or line up to which the board may be painted without requiring too much care on the part of the painter to avoid painting the step, as it is of course undesirable, for obvious reasons, that the step itself be painted. The porcelain step 2 is retained in its position in the hole in the creel board with its flange engaging the underside of the creel board by means of a step retainer 5 which engages the underside Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 6, 1912.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Serial No. 729,714.

of the step and holds it in position in the creel board. In the illustrated embodiment of the step retainer, it is provided with a recess 6 which corresponds in depth with the thickness of the flange at of the step. It is also provided with a board-engaging surface 7 which engages the under surface of the creel board when in position. The retainer is also provided with two rivets 8 which are adapted to be received in two holes provided in the creel. board on opposite sides of the hole which receives the creel step 2. These rivets 8 are shown in Fig. 2 in the shape which they have before being riveted in place. After being riveted in place, they have the shape shown in Fig. 3, being riveted over upon the upper side of the creel board. The step is secured in the creel board by first placing it in the recess in the retainer, and then the step and retainer rivets are inserted in the holes in the creel board and the upper ends of the rivets are clenched upon the upper side of the creel board.

The skewer step of the present invention is commended by reason of its simplicity and by reason of the fact that the step is easily inserted in posit-ion, and when inserted, assumes a certain and definite-position with relatiOn to the creel board, so that its skewer-receiving concavity is brought to a certain predetermined level. The preferred form of the step, which is provided with the integral flange upon its lower end adapted to engage the underside of the creel board, is strong and not liable to be easily broken. The rivets of the retainer are preferably made of soft metal, such as lead, because when made of such metal they are easily riveted or clenched in place without requiring the use of special apparatus. It is preferred to make the whole retainer of soft metal, because it has some capacity for yielding when pressed against the step and it thereby reduces the liability of breaking the step. When a step is accidentally broken, or worn out, or for other reason requires re lacing, it is easily removed by driving out the retainer rivets and putting in a new step.

The present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment thereof, as it may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the claims. Thus, for example, the invention is not limited in its broader aspects to constructions wherein the step itself is provided with a shoulder or flange for positioning it in the creel board from the underside thereof.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. A. skewer step for creels, having in combination, a sheet metal creel board, a skewer bearing member having a step portion projecting upward in a hole in the creel board and an enlarged portion below the board engaging the under side of the creel board, and means for retaining the bearing member in position, substantially as described.

2. A skewer step for oreels, having in combination, a sheet metal. creel board, a skewer bearing member having a'step portion projecting upward in a hole in the creel board and having a positioning portion for determining its position in the creel board from the under side thereof, and means for retaining the bearing member in position in the creel board. having provision tor engaging and holding the bearing member and having a soft metal rivet portion riveted in the creel board, substantially as described.

3. A skewer step for creels, having in combination, a sheet metal creel board, a skewer bearing member having a step portion projecting bearing member in position in the creel board, said bearing member and retaining means having provision by virtue oil which the position of the step is fixed by the under Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by adaressing the Commissioner of ltatents, Washington, D. G.

upward in a hole in the creel board, and means for retaining the 

